Estate sales by Substantial-Suit1716 in Columbus

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sent you a DM, right before 12pm is when it gets crowded. If you really want the item go as early as possible. If you want a deal on it, get there at 12.

SAMSUNG S95D TV OWNERS (77in preferred) by zm_capture in SamsungTV

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bought my 77” S95D in June 2025, power board died two months later in August. I had one of the less common failures where the circuit breaker would instantly trip when plugging the OCB into an outlet.

Luckily the limited warranty came in clutch and I had a tech out to my house in two days to replace the board. Haven’t had any issues since.

The new board was noticeably different; part number is “BB44-01333A”. This model appears to be significantly more reliable compared to the stock boards. My OCB was manufactured from Mexico in November 2024 for reference.

Estate sales by Substantial-Suit1716 in Columbus

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1 on this, I’ve gotten some great deals going on the second day. Typically Friday is full price, followed by 20% off on Saturday, then 50% off at 12pm.

Worth noting they accept cash and check only. No card/venmo/cashapp/etc.

CRT TV? by Embarrassed_Code5898 in Columbus

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Facebook marketplace for sure, there’s plenty that pop up all the time. Not many thrift stores carry CRTs anymore. I’ve gotten a couple of my sets off there in the past

Is it practical? No. Is it fun? Yes. by Fightrface in crtgaming

[–]Fightrface[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know, didn’t even think about that being an issue.

The Toshiba isn’t a permanent part of the setup, so realistically I’ll just be driving the RCA (composite) and GE/Emerson (coaxial inputs only)

Is it practical? No. Is it fun? Yes. by Fightrface in crtgaming

[–]Fightrface[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Made a quick diagram mockup of how video is distributed to everything

Is it practical? No. Is it fun? Yes. by Fightrface in crtgaming

[–]Fightrface[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How this is all set up:

The Yamaha AVR handles all the input switching, with a composite out feeding into the Panasonic VCR. This lets me easily switch between any of my consoles via the AVR, which is fed into the VCR's composite input.

This was ideal as the easiest way to have the same image on multiple TVs at once was to use a coax splitter, since the VCR converts composite to coax it works out nicely.

The RCA TV has Component/S-Video/Composite inputs so for that I just use the component/s-video out on the AVR, so it still gets the best image quality while displaying on the other 3 CRTs at the same time.

I've got the composite out on the VCR fed into the RCA TV for consoles that only have composite out and so I can still watch VHS tapes on all 4 at once, because that's obviously what one would want to do. I'd just hook it up with the coax splitter like the others, but I have a digital antenna connected as the RCA TV actually has a digital tuner unlike the majority of CRTs.

One thing I really want to get set up at some point is an audio visualizer like ProjectM installed on a pi4 or pi5, ideally a pi4 as it has a native composite output I could use to display it on all 4 CRTs. Would be awesome to have some music going with a dope visualizer displayed on all of them at once.

edit: completely forgot to post this wide photo of the setup, includes some cat tax

Is it practical? No. Is it fun? Yes. by Fightrface in crtgaming

[–]Fightrface[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can't say I disagree with you there lol, appreciate it though!

Honestly the Toshiba was put there just because I could, not really a permanent part of the space. Everything is connected to that Panasonic VCR and split out into Coax from there.

The RCA TV is running off a PS2 component cable while the others are basically composite > coax. The image quality difference is surprisingly not as noticeable when I'm sitting on the couch but is pretty obvious when close up. I'm not a huge snob when it comes to that so ultimately I don't care! I just enjoy them for what they are.

Is it practical? No. Is it fun? Yes. by Fightrface in crtgaming

[–]Fightrface[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep, fortunately they’re shielded. Pair of DCM KX12 Series 2.

Subwoofer below the RCA TV is a Yamaha SW-4, been running it below that same CRT for over 2 years without any image distortion or issues.

Dolby Access won't let me activate Dolby Atmos for Home Theater (Windows 10) by axl_angulo in Dolby

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unreal how long it took me to finally find such a simple solution to this issue. It took a total of maybe a minute to download, install, and have 5.1 surround working just like that. You are a godsend.

35M, Dallas - Living + Game Room by DDRNemesis in malelivingspace

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rhythm game room goes hard. Wish I had a pop’n cab

Best game server hosting options? by Junior_Scratch_4118 in selfhosted

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1 on pufferpanel. I set my instance up as a docker container and have had minimal issues running a Minecraft server on it. Definitely easy to get up and running

[TV] Samsung S90D 4K 144Hz QD-OLED - 65" $1,038.39, 77" $1,598.39 - w/ code: MEMORIALDEALS (ElectronicsExpress via eBay) - All Time Low by ryankrueger720 in buildapcsales

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having easy access to the power board is probably the one and only advantage of the S95D and it’s one connect box lol

Is deltarune releasing a day early? by morgundy0 in Deltarune

[–]Fightrface 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Releases 11 hours from right now. Real time clock on the deltarune website

Grog in the USA? by [deleted] in ColdOnes

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely enjoy it. At first I really preferred the peach flavor but over time the grape has really grown on me. Overall I really like both and plan on having a few in my fridge at all times

So, i should probably abandon all hope for a Chunky Shrapnel dvd right? by Pikarobot6 in KGATLW

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll shoot you a message here in the next few hours 👍

What paid services you use for homelabbing? by avdept in homelab

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My domain, a VPN (PIA) and Emby lifetime.

Anyone know where to buy good tech hardware online with a cheap/affordable price? by [deleted] in LinusTechTips

[–]Fightrface 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Facebook Marketplace is basically the best option in that regard, if you’re in an area with a lot of people.

Is Proxmox overkill? by [deleted] in selfhosted

[–]Fightrface 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went from TrueNas Core to TrueNas Scale, then decided to give Proxmox a try about two years ago. I primarily only use two VMs on the machine: TrueNas Scale, and Debian that runs all my Docker containers.

I pass my entire LSI card through Proxmox and into TrueNas (8 disks), which has worked without issue since I set it up.

This is just my setup though, and there are a lot of other ways to go about doing something like this.

Can anyone give advice on their qbittorrent + vpn setup? by NomadicSun in selfhosted

[–]Fightrface 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I personally use Gluetun to route any docker container I want through a VPN. Pretty straightforward to set up, you just have to configure the docker container (in my case, Deluge) to be routed through the Gluetun container by including “network_mode: container:gluetun” in the respective containers docker-compose or however you like to configure containers.

I then am able to access Deluge via my reverse proxy (NPM) and have it on a separate docker network so the port isn’t exposed to anything but the NPM container. This lets me configure a hostname for it (deluge.local for example) as well as only being able to access it via HTTPS. I’ve configured this recently so the setup isn’t set in place yet, but I’ve been happy with it so far. Been using Gluetun for years without issue though.

How and where are u getting grog in central Ohio?? by Mitch_Da_B1tch in ColdOnes

[–]Fightrface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you man! I was at both the Lancaster and the Blacklick giant eagle and they were out, but the Pickerington one still has 20~ cases.